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Independent Thought, Courage, and Commitment

Essay, Education, Universities, Mark MercerSeptember 26, 2022

Independent thinkers believe what they do on the basis of evidence and argument and not as a result of psychological or social pressure. One way in which Critical Thinking courses help students to become independent thinkers is by making the …

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A Message to My Students on Expression in the Classroom

Essay, Universities, Mark MercerAugust 19, 2022

Students might naively think that because they are at a university, they are free from the threat of official sanction to express their beliefs, ideas and emotions during classroom discussions; in this essay, I warn that, sadly, they are not. …

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Why University?

Commentary, Education, Universities, Mark MercerAugust 12, 2022

In this essay, I explain that young people should come to university to be educated, and not to become credentialed; the public should support universities because universities educate young people, not because they produce credentialled workers.   Why should a …

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MEDIA RELEASE – New Frontier Centre Book Calls on Universities to be Dangerous

Media Release, Culture Wars, Free Speech, Universities, Mark MercerAugust 4, 2022

A Collection of Sharp and Insightful Challenges to Higher Education in Canada WINNIPEG, August 4, 2022 – The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just published In Praise of Dangerous Universities and Other Essays, by philosophy professor Mark Mercer.  Universities …

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Against the Scarborough Charter

Commentary, Culture Wars, Education, Free Speech, Universities, Mark MercerAugust 4, 2022

Over 50 colleges and universities in Canada have now signed the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion. This is unfortunate, as the Charter is a profoundly anti-academic document. That so many institutions signed it does not bode well …

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